Atheists should NOT be allowed to get married
Some argue that gays should not be allowed to marry because "marriage" is a religious institution. But if we are going to use that argument then atheists should not be allowed to marry either. Not only is marriage a sacred constract between a man and a woman, it is a sacred contract between a God fearing man and God fearing woman. Atheist marriage should be outlawed.
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What are you talking about? Atheists do not love themselves by the denotation of being an atheist. Atheist, meaning "a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings, holds no other associations besides its very definitions. The atheists your thinking of is the false stereotype used by the churches to cast a shadow upon any outliers. Atheists, like religious people, like anyone, have all the emotions attributed to human nature. Weddings, connotatively, are said to be religious ceremonies filled with the presence of god. But really, all marriage does is publicly profess one's love for another. Side: Wait..., what? No!
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Ah, yet another mix of church and state. If marriage is such a religious rite then why are so many men paying alimony and child support? Does the church demand that? Did God twirl his finger (he does have fingers, right?) and use his tremendous powers to garnish wages from paychecks for that alimony and child support? First, understand that marriage in this country has become more of a government allowance and legal contract rather than a religious rite. Yes, many couples are married under religious ceremony but that is only AFTER going to the municipal town hall and applying for a marriage license. What they don't tell you when you apply for this license is that you just signed a binding contract recognized my the government court of law. The religious ceremony is just a by-product. That is why you can go to town hall and get married with no problem but few, if any, religious institutions will marry you without a completed, approved marriage license signed off by the government. Even if a priest, rabbi, etc. will marry you without a marriage license you couldn't have any of the "benefits" (if you want to call them that) of that marriage. You wouldn't be legally married for tax purposes (don't even get me started on that) nor would you be able to be listed on your "spouse's" medical coverage. Then the divorce. Anyone who has gone through it will be able to tell you just how much of a legal contract it really is. The lawyer fees and legal documents easily show a link to the government. Unfortunately the water is too muddy in this debate. Anyone should be allowed to marry but there should be a division of church and state. There should be legal marriage and religious marriages with neither being seen as one and the same. Side: Wait..., what? No!
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marrage has not always been in a church, nor has it always been overseen by a religous figure. true marrage and religion hold a close relationship, but you do not need religion to get married. neither the church or the goverment has the right to prohipit marriage to a couple for any reason, and yes that includes atheists and homosexuals Side: Wait..., what? No!
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